Russia has signalled it will retaliate with full-scale nuclear war after Ukraine launched US-made missiles over the border on Tuesday.
Vladimir Putin‘s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov chillingly warned that Russia would ‘react accordingly’ as he described the strike as a signal Ukraine ‘wanted to escalate’.
The terrifying sabre rattling was confirmed by the Russian President’s close ally Dmitry Medvedev.
THE WARNING
Posting on X, the Deputy Chair of Russia’s security council said it meant ‘World War III’.
In a dramatic escalation on the 1,000th day of the conflict, Kyiv launched six ‘ATACM’ missiles from an undisclosed location over the border into Russian territory.
The strikes triggered a fiery explosion at a depot in Karachev, believed to be storing ammunition supplied by North Korea, around 75 miles from the Ukrainian border.
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PUTIN SIGNED NEW AMENDMENT
At the same time, Putin provocatively signed off changes to the country’s laws on nuclear weapons to make it easier for them to be deployed against Ukraine in retaliation.
The amendments allow Russia to launch a nuclear attack in response to a conventional weapons strike – such as one by long-range missiles.
It comes as Sir Keir Starmer offered his biggest hint yet that No.10 would authorise Ukraine to fire UK Storm Shadow missiles into Russia.
